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A Delaware man who stopped along a road in Kent County to buy a dog was shot and killed, state police reported.

Police on Saturday identified the victim as Robert W. Watkins, 40, of Bridgeville. The shooting took place Friday afternoon — after Watkins and a woman stopped along Jeffrey Drive, where Watkins had made arrangements to buy a dog.

Watkins was the front seat passenger in the car. Police said one man got in the back seat, and another stood outside the passenger’s side window, police said. While discussing the price for the dog, the man outside the vehicle pulled a handgun and demanded money from Watkins, police said.

According to the Wilmington News Journal, police said that when the driver attempted to speed away, the man outside the car fired the gun, striking Watkins. The man in the back seat jumped out and fled.

Watkins was taken to Christiana Hospital and later died from a single bullet wound, police said.

Police provided no information on the breed of dog, or how the meeting had been arranged. Investigators Saturday night were still seeking the identities of the shooter and the man who got in the back of the car.